Standup9ja: Five Die In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Crash
At least five persons, including a toddler, have died in an
accident involving a truck and an 18-seater commercial bus at Makun area on the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday.
The incident was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer,
Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency in Ogun, Mr. Babatunde Akinbiyi,
while speaking to journalists in Abeokuta.
Akinbiyi said both vehicles were heading to Lagos when the
accident occurred at New Makun City area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
He said the deceased included one female and four males who
were inside the commercial bus.
The PRO attributed the crash to heavy down pour coupled with
over speeding of the commercial Mazda bus with registration number LSD 454 XT
which rammed into the truck.
Mr. Akinbiyi said the bus had no functional wiper for its
windscreen during rainfall, which blurred the vision of the driver resulting in
the accident.
He said the impact of the collision resulted in the death
of the five victims in the bus, who were traveling alongside other occupants.
He said the accident consequently led to a gridlock which
affected Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, who was travelling to Lagos.
The road traffic official said the governor ordered his
security details to commence rescue operations and those injured were rushed to
the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.
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